Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it. Richard Paul Evans More Quotes by Richard Paul Evans More Quotes From Richard Paul Evans such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour Richard Paul Evans ficklehourspain Commitment to a plan or thought carries with it a force that can influence the unconscious mind and bring about the desired effect. In other words, once we decide to have something, the mind unconsciously begins to create the reality necessary to bring to pass what we desire. Richard Paul Evans mindrealitycommitment Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles. Richard Paul Evans forgivenesskeysheart We can only lose what we have first claimed. Richard Paul Evans losesfirsts ...even the most horribl e of nightmares is laced with the promise of dawn. Richard Paul Evans nightmaredawnpromise There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these times, we do not show who we are to God, for surely He must already know, but rather to ourselves. Richard Paul Evans who-we-arestrangetests "You know, I've wondered if it's more painful to lose someone you love to death or to lose someone you love because she no longer loves you back." "I don't know," I said. "On the surface, it seems an easy question. It should be so much easier to lose someone who doesn't love you, because why would you want to be with someone who doesn't want you? But rejection's not an east road. A part of you always wonders what makes you so unlovable." Richard Paul Evans rejectionlove-youlove-is As we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's socks. These stowaways may seem insignificant at first, but, over time, if we do not occasionally stop and shake them free, the accumulation becomes a burden to our souls. Richard Paul Evans souljourneyhurt . . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own. Richard Paul Evans gratitudeemotionpowerful Dance. Dance for the joy and breath of childhood. Dance for all children, including that child who is still somewhere entombed beneath the responsibility and skepticism of adulthood. Embrace the moment before it escapes from our grasp. For the only promise of childhood, of any childhood, is that it will someday end. And in the end, we must ask ourselves what we have given our children to take its place. And is it enough? Richard Paul Evans parentingresponsibilitychildren It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen. Richard Paul Evans starssky Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed. Richard Paul Evans reviewsflawedbook We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside Richard Paul Evans locksstrongerbuilding You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass. Richard Paul Evans gratefulglassesthinking Every life can be learned from, as either a flame of hope or a cautionary flare. Richard Paul Evans flareflames Joy isn't the natural response to blessings - joy is what comes from acknowledging them. Richard Paul Evans blessingnaturaljoy Old friends are memories personified. Richard Paul Evans old-friendsmemories The sweetness of reunion is the joy of heaven. Richard Paul Evans reunionjoyheaven Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good. Richard Paul Evans compassionreligiousgiving Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli. Richard Paul Evans apologychocolatesoul
